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DOS Attacks On DNS Provider

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the going-after-the-big-boys dept.

Greedo writes "Seems like UltraDNS was hit with a denial of service attack this weekend. Since these are the guys who are supposed to be running the .ORG DNS, and in light of recent attacks on the gTLD roots, attacks against DNS servers should be treated very seriously. What kind of protection can be had? What happens when an attack like this brings down an entire TLD? Do you want to give control of an entire gTLD to one organization? Read a follow-up discussion on comp.protoocols.dns.std."

7 of 224 comments (clear)

  1. Why attack the DNS-servers? by 10Ghz · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, isn't that a bit counterproductive?

    "Yes, I brought the entire DNS-system crashing down! I'm l337! Now, all I have to do is to go online and brag about my exploits... Hmmm... There seems to be something wrong with my net-connection..."

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  2. Good thing MS is killing DOS in december by Streiff · · Score: 5, Funny

    Good thing MS is killing DOS in december. It's way
    too violent these days.

  3. .ORG TLD... by AyeRoxor! · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thought you would find this funny:

    In IE, I entered ORG and hit enter, just to see what would happen. Although highly unlikely, they could arrange some page there. Instead, MS search brough up a list of possible alternatives. Number one on the list?

    Mozilla.org

    Thanks, Bill :)

    1. Re:.ORG TLD... by devnullkac · · Score: 5, Funny
      In IE, I entered ORG and hit enter, just to see what would happen. Number one on the list? Mozilla.org

      I just tried the same thing. Number two on the list?

      Slashdot
      Number three?
      Linux Online

      Somebody at MSN likes us.

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  4. Oh the irony by fo0bar · · Score: 4, Funny

    The ad at the top of the /. homepage was for UltraDNS as I was reading this story. Any publicity is good publicity, I guess...

  5. All the protection *I* need... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    is the following line in my hosts

    66.35.250.150 slashdot.org :)

  6. Doh! by spruce · · Score: 5, Funny

    So as the battle weary sys admins from UltraDNS finally get back home from fighting a DDOS attack....

    Phone rings.

    "Bob, the web server is under attack again, and this one's coming from all around the globe. Game over man, game over."

    Slashdot's a bitch.